el
masculine
/penˈtaɣono/
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Translation
pentagon
Word origin
From Greek pentagonon, from pente ('five') plus gonia ('angle'). The same gonia gives English 'polygon' and 'diagonal'.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- pentagonon
- English cognates
- pentagon, polygon
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralpentágonos
Examples
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A pentagon has five equal sides.
maestra pizarra.
The teacher drew a pentagon on the board.
combina hexágonos.
A football combines pentagons and hexagons.
¿ calcular ?
Do you know how to work out the area of a pentagon?
recortó cartulina.
The boy cut a pentagon out of card.
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